Hello, thank you for joining me today for Given 15. The title of our post today is

Justice Needed. Stories of devastation and tragedy continue to pour in regarding Hurricane

Helene. The relief efforts could now be complicated by shortages created by the dock workers' strike.

This will not only cause many shortages, but some are saying it'll cost the American economy

billions of dollars a day. I certainly don't know enough to have a position on either side of the issues being

argued. However, the timing is unfortunate. The Biden-Harris administration could have forced a two-month

delay through the Taft-Hartley Act, but they need union support for the

elections. The union itself could have waited. Neither occurred, and the results could now

exacerbate an already tragic situation. Pray for a quick end to the strike. Here are some

firsthand reports of the horrific suffering from the hurricane taken from X. Just people what they're

saying pulled off of X.

In Swannanoa, someone says, in Swannanoa, some have lost everything, home, cars, all personal belongings.

We worked for two days, cutting trees, moving boulders, mud, and debris from our road

so that people could get off our mountain to either flee the area or find food, water,

and other supplies they need to survive the days ahead.

Entire neighborhoods washed away. Cars are in trees. Houses and businesses washed down the

river. Highways and private roads are gone. Another said my husband works for North Carolina

DHS State Police in Black Mountain. I hear the emergency traffic

all day. My son works for Henderson County Sheriff's Office. They said they are still pulling

bodies from the Swananoa River, that there has been over a thousand deaths so far in Buncombe County alone.

This is much higher than what is reported on TV. Time will tell. They continue. Hospital morgues are full.

They brought in refrigerated trailers to store bodies,

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